Box#27 Cat Climbing Trashcan Ceramic Mug

Unique ceramic mug by a well-known ceramics company. Features a playful black and white cat with a red striped tie climbing into a trash can. I believe either purchased or acquired this mug as a gift in the early 1980s. I mostly used it as a conversation piece rather than drinking from it. It's really quite clever and would make a good pencil cup if you didn't want to use it as a drink cup. There are no chips or cracks on it. It is pretty much as good as new.